Glass vase



(1Y0 Model.)

A. H. HEISEY.

GLASS VASE. I No. 354,416. Patented Dec. 14, 1886.

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EUNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

AUGUSTUS H. HE ISEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLASS VASE.

E3PECIPICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,416, datedDecember 14, 1886,

Application filed June 11, 1886. Serial No. 204,872. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS H. I-IEIsEY, residing at Pittsburg, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, a citizen of theUnitedStateahaveinventedordiscovereda certain new and useful Improvement inGlass Vases, of which improvement thefollowing is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification,Figure 1 is aviewin perspective of a glass vase embodying my invention,and Fig. 2 a vertical central section showing the same provided with afoot or base.

The object of my invention is to provide a vase adapted to serve as aconvenient and ornamental receptacle for perfumerybottles, toiletarticles, flowers, 850., and which may be suspended or suited to restupon a lower support, as desired.

To this end my invention, generally stated,

consists in the combination of a conical glass body which islongitudinally swelled or corrugated and provided with a series ofinternal ledges or shoulders, and a central'stemsecured by ascrew-thread and nut inthe'smaller end of the body; also, in thecombination ofa conical glass body, as above specified, a base or footadjoining the smaller end thereof, and a central stem passing throughthe body and base, and providedwith a clamping-nut by which it issecured thereto. 2

The improvement claimed is hereinafter more fully set forth. l

In the practice of my invention I form acouical body, 1, of glass, whichis pressed into a series of longitudinal swells or corrugations, 2, soas to be of a shape resembling a partiallyopened parasol or umbrella.The outer surfaces of the swells 2 may be provided with any desiredraised ornamentation-as, for example, what is known as ahob-nailpatternfor the whole or any desired portion of their length. A ledge orshoulder, 3, is formed on the inside of the pockets or recesses, whichare provided by the swells or corrugations 2, said shoulders beinglocated at any preferred distance below the top or larger end of thebody 1, and serving as rests or supports for bottles deposited in thepockets. A central stem or handle, 4, which is preferably of metal andis provided with a ring or hook, 5, at its upper end, is passed througha central opening in .the smaller end of the body 1, and is securedthereto by a cap-nut, 6, engaging a screwthread on the lower end of thestem 4, and

clamping a collar, 7, or a conical enlargement, 8, on the stem against acorresponding shoulder or tapering opening on the inside of the body.

In order to form a tight joint between the stem and body, so as toprevent leakage of water when the vase is used as a receptacle forflowers, the hole in the body through which the stem passes ispreferably made of conical or tapered form, and a corresponding taperedenlargement, 8, which fits therein, is formed upon the stem.

The ring or hook 5 serves to suspend the vase from any suitable support,and the bottles or other articles placed in the pockets or recesses ofthe body are displayed clearly through the glass. It will be seen thatthe vase also suitably serves as an ornamental receptacle for flowers orsmall toilet articles, and other adjuncts of a dressing-case or bureau.

In order to adapt the vase to stand upon a table or other support, Iprovide a dished base or foot, 9, which may be either formed integralwith the body 1, or, preferably, as shown, in a separate piecethercfronnthe base in such case abutting against the smaller end of thebody, and being connected thereto by the stem 2, which.passes through acentral opening in the base, the cap-nut 6 being screwed to a bearingagainst the inside of the base. The

base may be readily detached when it is desired to suspend the vase bythe ring or hook 5. I claim herein as my inventionl. The combination ofa conical glass body which is longitudinally swelled or corrugated,

a central stem passing through and fitting closely in an opening in thesmaller end of the body and having a collar bearing against the insidethereof, and an external nut engaging a thread on the same,substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of a conical glass body IOO and provided with atapered or conical open- I fitting closely in central openings in thebody ing in the center of its smaller end, astem havand base and havinga collar bearing against ing a conical enlargementfitting acorrespondthe inside of the body, and a nut engaging a I 5 ing openingin vthe smaller end of the body, stem and bearing against the lowersurface of 5 and a nut engaging a thread on the stem be the base,substantially as set forth.

low said enlargement and bearing against the In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my outside of the smaller end of the body, subhand.stantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a conical glass body AUGUSTUS HEISEY' 10 which islongitudinally swelled or corrugated, Witnesses:

a base or foot abutting against the smaller J. SNoWDEN BELL,

end of the body, a stem passing through and R. H. THITTLESEY,

